20 - Wednesday, November 21 , 1990 - North Shore News

Aid offered to fishing industry workers

EMPLOYMENT AND Immigra-
tion Minister Barbara McDougall
recently announced special
measures that will generate $3 mil-
lion in Job Development funding
to provide fishing industry
workers in B.C. with enhanced
training and employment oppor-
tunities.

These funds are in addition to

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the existing EIC program activities
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“‘These emergency response
measures serve the vital role of
helping fishing industry workers
adversely affected by circumstance
beyond iheir control,’ said
McDougall.

She added that these measures
are being introduced to address
problems similar to those being

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experienced in the East Coast
fishery in recent years.

“This is but one course the
government will be taking to ad-
dress the problems of British Col-
umbia’s fishing industry.”

The emerpency response
measures will finance the creation
of employment projects that will
give bona fide fishing industry
workers additional weeks of work

and training. The measures are
offered under the Emergency
Response Feature of the EIC’s
Job Development Program, which
provides casier access to spectal
funding specifically for those fish-
ermen and fish plant) workers
adversely effected by reduced cat-
ches and processing activity.

In order to qualify for the
employment projects, fishing in-

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dustry workers must comply with
specific criteria. These criteria are
intended to provide assistance to
bona fide fishing industry
workers.

Individuals unable to receive
these special benefits but with
proven long-term attachment to
the fishing industry, will be able
to request a review of their cases.

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